@article {3041219,
	title = {Dietary administered purified β-glucan of edible mushroom (Pleurotus florida) provides immunostimulation and protection in broiler experimentally challenged with virulent Newcastle disease virus},
	journal = {The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology},
	volume = {81},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {55},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {To study the immunomodulatory and protective role of dietary administered purified β-glucan obtained from edible mushroom (Pleurotus florida) in commercial broiler chicken, experimentally challenged with virulent Newcastle disease virus (NDV) on 7th day post treatment. Mushroom glucan (MG) at 15 mg/kg feed (group A) and MG at 30 mg/kg feed (group B) was administered to broiler birds for 20 days keeping control birds (group C) with a normal diet throughout. After 7 days post treatment, three groups of birds (n = 4, in each case) were challenged with virulent NDV. The immunological parameters were assessed to observe the protective efficacy of MG.},
	issn = {2090-990X},
	doi = {10.1186/s41936-020-00180-0},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s41936-020-00180-0},
	author = {Muthusamy, Gopi and Joardar, Siddhartha Narayan and Samanta, Indranil and Isore, Devi Prasad and Roy, Barun and Maiti, Tapas Kumar}
}
